peony

English - Turkish

Definition of peony in English Turkish dictionary

şakayık

(isim) şakayık

Paeonia officinalis

i., bot. şakayık

bot Paeonia oflicinalis

Padus officinalis

wild peony yer şakayığı

garden poony ayı gülü

English - English

Definition of peony in English English dictionary

The Paeonia genus of flowering plants with large fragrant flowers

{n} a plant, paeonia

Ostentation; anger

{i} type of flower

any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers

A peony is a medium-sized garden plant which has large round flowers, usually pink, red, or white. peonies a garden plant with large round flowers that are dark red, white, or pink. Any of about 33 species of flowering plants in the genus Paeonia, sole genus of the family Paenoiaceae, found in Europe, Asia, and western North America and known for their large, showy blossoms. Herbaceous peonies are perennials that grow to about 3 ft (1 m). Their annual stems bear large, glossy, much-divided leaves and produce large single and double flowers of white, pink, rose, and deep crimson. Tree peonies are shrubs about 4-6 ft (1.2-1.8 m) high with permanent rootstocks and woody stems that bear flowers varying in colour from white to lilac, violet, and red

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(The) So called, according to fable, from Paeon, the physician who cured the wounds received by the gods in the Trojan war The seeds were, at one time, worn round the neck as a charm against the powers of darkness Virgil and Ovid speak of its sanative virtues Others tell us Paeon was a chieftain who discovered the plant “Vetustissima inventu paeonia est, nomenque auctoris retinet, quam quidam pentorobon appellant, alii glycysiden ”- Pliny, xxv 10 People The people's friend Dr William Gordon, the philanthropist (1801-1849 )

Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation

A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus Pæonia

Related Terms

peonies

plural of peony

Hyphenation

Pe·o·ny

Turkish pronunciation

piıni

Pronunciation

/ˈpēənē/ /ˈpiːəniː/

Etymology

[ 'pE-&-nE ] (noun.) 14th century. Ultimately from Ancient Greek Παιονία (Paionia, “a place name in Macedon”).